OUR DESTINY

part 16

KADUNA RESIDENTS

Bashir P.O.V

Its remaining just two weeks to our wedding with halima it's been a wonderful journey to have known her and it will be a different journey now we're taking a great step for our future and I really wish and pray that it should be a good beginning to our lives, we haven't talk much since after the wedding preparations started i have missed her so much but I just have to bear a little more now after then she will be all mine to have forever and ever in shaa Allah, all my family members those that are close and far has all gathered to our family house here in Kaduna everyone so happy with the wedding mama has been busy making sure everything its perfect for her daughter since she now made it clear to everyone that halima she's not just her daughter in law but her daughter since very soon now shamsiya will go and live her all alone so she will need another daughter and for that she made sure that my house was build few blocks from them which I feel even more comfortable with because of my work program I might not be staying in Kaduna all the time some few works will require me to travel and they might come a stage where I won't be able to travel with her so she either can stay with mama or called shamsiya to stay together with, mama told me that after the wedding I should find a good business for her to do so she won't be staying at home without doing any work she's a graduate and working in an office might turn out to be a difficult phase for her especially when she becomes pregnant it won't be easy for a woman to single handle both house chores, husband responsibility and her kids also but with her business she can make it work to her advantage, so with that i will discuss with halima after the wedding to see what her opinion might be so we can come to a conclusion and how to make things work for both of us.

Hajiya Rahama P.O.V

It was ok to handle everything before all the family members came over to the family house as usual shamsiya aunties from her father's side kept nagging about shamsiya been single and all I could say to them was marriage it's a matter of time and its just like death nobody knows how, where and when it will come so they should please let my daughter live in peace at first I thought they were only pulling her legs teasing her and all but she has reached a stage where she no longer feels comfortable around them and my daughter she's just 21years for goodness sake what is the rush since they came over she has been feeling down and all sad, later in the night after they've all left I went to her room sat with her and asked what the problem was and she just started crying haba mama why me? Each time baba sister's come over they always keep nagging about me being single it's not like it's my fault that am still single while there own children are either engaged or married, I hate seeing her cry but I can only advise and pray for her .  My daughter I know how you feel I have been in that stage also before getting married to your father I have faced so much difficulty but now I can only say Alhamdulillah so please don't disturb yourself or get stressed over what they say its happens to every girl of your age so all I want from you is to be patience and pray for the best in shaa Allah when it's time for you to settle down you will even be surprised seeing how it comes sooner than you were even imagining everything happens according to  Allah's timing all we need to have its sabr and tawakal, if it didn't happen today then it will surely happens tomorrow to my dear take your time and be happy stop taking their small talks to heart just let Allah handle everything to you.

Shamsiya: in shaa Allah mama I will do as you said I will pray hard and let Allah handle everything for me I know everything it's a matter of time and when it's my turn to have it I will surely have it, because whatever Allah has decree upon you will never go to someone else.

Now that's my girl so clean those tears have some rest I will wake u later on so we can pray together and your aunts daughters will sleep together with you so just ignore whatever they will say to you and focus on your happiness and your yaya's wedding.

Aunty safiya P.O.V

It was late at night when I heard noise coming from the room opposite to mine I went to check who it was and it was yaya rahama and her daughter crying I wanted to check but i didn't want to interrupt their mother and daughter moment so I went back to my room till when yaya left so I asked aysha and hawa'u to sleep in my room so I can spend some time with shamsiya I hate seeing yaya rahama worried over her and if not because of these wedding all these wouldn't have become an issue, people will always keep gossip one way or the other instead of them the focus on the one whose getting married they're putting they focus on the little girl haba it's not done and if we ain't even careful it might end up making shamsiya to do something stupid and put herself into depression marriage pressure it's not easy for anyone to handle at whatever level or age you might be, when I got inside her room she pretended as if everything was fine so all I could do was hug her and say don't worry shamsiya everything will be fine very soon and stop crying over such irrelevant issue it will only make you stress and whenever your stress it's your mama it end up taking the double dose of it so please just calm down and don't ever think you're a burden to anyone here it's your father's house you can do whatever you want to do and stay for as long as you want to, and you're still my baby girl for that Matter I wouldn't bear someone coming to take you away from us and who knows maybe during these wedding you will meet one Abuja rich guy kinga lafiya qalaw Kenen zamuyita zuwa Dubai, mecca Mexico duk county Inda muke so muje sai da private jet and with that we both laugh and she was back to her normal self even though how I know her it will still bother her even tomorrow it's not like those women will stop with their gossip but I will deal with them by tomorrow morning in shaa Allah.

Shamsiya P.O.V

After all my talks with mama and aunty safiya I stayed up all night thinking about my life and it was around 3am I went to pray nafil prayer which gives me peace of my mind I know with that I can wake up tomorrow without being worried or stressed out after praying I recite the Qur'an and slept off. It was early morning when aunty safiya woke me  up I took my bath and dressed in my abaya and we went downstairs to help mama and the maids with the breakfast we served everyone while we were serving one of my baba sister's started with the issue of my marriage I was furious and all I could think of was how to shut her mouth, I didn't even realise when I said toh ae kema aunty koda kikayi Auren you were almost 25years of age so please stop harassing me and focus on your own marriage issue. Hmmm I thought she was going to say something but she kept silent deep inside of me I was like toh gobe ma mutum ya sake yimin maganar aure ya gane aunty safiya gave me a thumps up and she was like Weldone my baby when mama came around everyone was silent she look towards me and aunty safiya asking what happened all we said was ba komai kawai they've started eating that's why everyone was silent, even though mama was suspicious of me but she just left.

A little advice ladies don't ever let anyone pressure about marriage make you take a step you ain't ready for remember akace aure kamar mutuwa ne babu wanda Yasan lokacin shi just take your time and keep praying if you're meant to get married in shaa Allah you will and to the one who Allah has destined for you to be with but till then just have sabr.